"I didn’t know I was this geeky until I discovered the online world through my office’s 2400 baud modem back in ’93." Whedonesque supports the WGA writers’ strike
To show their support for WGA writers currently on strike, members of Whedonesque.com, the Joss Whedon community weblog, delivered pizza to the picket lines at Universal, L.A. with flyers stating “You fed our minds, we’d like to return the favor.”
The gesture was much appreciated by Whedon-related writers and others on scene:
“Seeing you guys with your pizzas and your poster… It was very touching…”,
“It was such a touching gesture and they were hungrily gobbled up.”,
“…your pizza was well-appreciated during our picket at gate 1.”
Plans for more pizza runs and other efforts to support the writers are currently underway. Some writers expressed surprise. In general, TV shows writing staff do not have close relationships with their fandoms, but the Buffy, Angel and Firelfy communities have always been as passionate about the actors as they are about the stories and their writers.
Editable banner images are available to post on your blog. Other fandoms are encouraged to join in.
Why strike? Brian K. Vaughan, executive story editor on ‘Lost’ explains.
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Just wanted to let you know that I think this is an awesome idea, and you’ve inspired fans of “Supernatural” to feed our own writers: http://community.livejournal.com/supernatural_tv/1259106.html
That’s great, HannColl, thanks for letting us know!